Hill Group Wembley Consultation

Sustainability

The Hill Group recognises the part we have to play in helping the UK meet its sustainability commitments, and we have made a commitment to achieving net-zero operational carbon in the homes we build by 2030.

That’s why our proposals for College Green will provide:

• Sustainable, energy efficient homes
• Homes best designed to balance daylight access and overheating
• A reduction in car parking
• All electric infrastructure, such as air source heat pumps
• Solar panels on roof space

Ground Floor Opportunities

To deliver a vibrant neighbourhood, we want to create active ground floors with retail units, workspaces, and community facilities.

This is why we will be providing space for:

• Around 10,000ft2 of flexible workspace
• Around 10,000ft2 of community uses
• Around 20,000ft2 of retail space
• Around 8,000ft2 of leisure space

What would you like to see as part of the development? We want to ensure there are really useful local shops and facilities for local people, so please fill out our online feedback form and let us know what you would like to see.

New Homes for College Green

Our proposals will deliver a range of 1, 2, and 3-bedroom homes to best meet a variety of housing needs. 50% of homes are aimed towards families (i.e., 2 beds and above), including 15% being 3-bed homes.

The scheme is tenure blind and mixed throughout the site, so all homes – whether affordable or private market – are identically designed to create a true sense of community and integration.

All homes will come with excellent views onto courtyards and landscaped green spaces. Building distances are maintained to avoid overlooking and allow sunlight to come through. Overall, the proposals achieve over 70% dual aspect, i.e., have windows on two or more different facing walls.

Landscape

Our landscape approach will better connect people and nature, enhancing biodiversity and wellbeing. There will be green spaces and routes for the whole community to enjoy.

A new neighbourhood park will be a key feature, and streets and public spaces will be planted with trees and other greenery to create a neighbourhood where people want to live and work, and that others want to visit.

We want to create comfortable spaces in an urban area that people of all ages want to come to and be in.

That’s why there will also be a green network across the site that will connect with the existing neighbourhood. The green streets and spaces will create routes through to local stations and cyclists and pedestrians will be prioritised.

Construction Outline

• College facilities are currently spread across the whole site.
• Before Phase 1 breaks ground, the surviving college facilities will be relocated into buildings on the Western part of the site (labelled ‘Phase 2’) where it will continue operating.
• The relocation of college facilities and the subsequent redevelopment of the Eastern ‘Phase 1’ part of the site will be carefully managed to minimise disruption to teaching.

Phase 1

• Upon Phase 1 breaking ground, the now vacant college buildings on the Eastern part of the site will be demolished.
• The college will remain in operation on the Western part of the site until the end of 2026 when all teaching facilities will be transferred to a new campus in Wembley.
• Phase 1 construction is expected to take place between 2024 and 2028.

Phase 2

• With the college buildings vacated, construction of Phase 2 would then commence.
• Phase 2 construction is expected to take place between 2027 and 2031.